Freyja

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Freyja is a major Norse goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, magic, and war, often depicted as a powerful and independent figure who rides a chariot drawn by cats.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Freyja canonical 63
Freya 5
Freya the Ice Queen 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse goddess
mythological figure
associatedWith beauty
cats
death
falcons
fertility
gold
love
magic
seiðr
sex
war
brother Freyr
child Gersemi
Hnoss
culture Norse mythology
surface form: Germanic mythology

Norse mythology
domain battle
fertility
love
magic
epithet Gefn
Mardöll
Sýr
Thröng
Vanadís
family Vanir
Aesir
surface form: Æsir
father Njord
surface form: Njörðr
gender female
hall Sessrúmnir
influenced later Germanic and Scandinavian folk beliefs
mother Njörðr’s unnamed sister
notableMyth acquisition of Brísingamen
weeping tears of gold for Óðr
practices seiðr
receives half of the slain in battle
residence Fólkvangr
sharesSlainWith Odin
spouse Óðr
symbol Brísingamen
teaches seiðr to the Æsir
vehicle chariot drawn by cats
falcon-feather cloak
wears Brísingamen necklace
worshipPeriod Viking Age
worshipRegion Scandinavia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (71)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thröng associatedDeity Freyja
Völuspá mentionsDeity Freyja
Frey family Freyja
Frey sibling Freyja
Óðr spouse Freyja
Óðr associatedWith Freyja
Óðr partnerOf Freyja
Óðr hasCategory Freyja
Brísingamen ownedBy Freyja
Brísingamen wornBy Freyja
Brísingamen guardedBy Freyja
Þrymskviða mainCharacter Freyja
Þrymskviða featuresDeity Freyja
Mardöll epithetOf Freyja
Mardöll associatedWith Freyja
Mardöll eponymousDeity Freyja
Thrym demandsAsBride Freyja
Thrym associatedWithDeity Freyja
Thrym plansToMarry Freyja
Þrymr associatedWithDeity Freyja